At face value and direct literal interpretation, this statement is bound to send one’s mind to reasoning about the different types of potatoes existing and figuring out the one named couch among the numerous lists. Well, only that the phrase isn’t about a potato. There’s no potato type with the name couch. It’s about humans.

“Couch potatoes” is an expression used to refer to a human who spends a lot of time on a couch watching television and spends little or no time on bodily exercise. It refers to a very inactive person in life, a lazy one, can be described possibly as an Unambitious, work-shy, indolent, clock-watcher.

The couch potato lifestyle has various health implications, just as every lifestyle does. However, the health implications of this lifestyle aren’t looking too good at all. Regular physical activity has numerous ways of improving human health, and some of them are;

• Reduction in the risk of having type 2 diabetes
• Reduces the risk of developing some cancer types such as breast and colon cancer
• Maintain good body weight
• Maintain healthy joints, bones, and muscles
• Reduces depression and anxiety feeling

• Increases high-density-lipoproteins and lowers blood cholesterol
• Reduces the risk of stroke

A person with a couch potato lifestyle would be missing all these good health and safety benefits offered by physical bodily exercise. Therefore, it is advisable to zap out of such a life and practice another complimentary lifestyle. There are easy exercises a couch potato may start with to break away from the sedimentary lifestyle. Here are some of them.

• Calf stretching: Stretching of the calf consistently keeps the calves flexible and can increase walking stride.
• Hand squeezing: squeezing of the hand from time to time keeps the hand strong and highly active. This helps to keep building a strong gripping hand.
• Feeding on potatoes, different types of potatoes will also help you to stay healthy. 

One leg stand: 

• This can be done by holding on to the back of a chair and lifting up one leg for about a minute, then switch to the other leg. Preferably it should be done about 3-5 times in a row before a break is taken. The benefit of this is better body balance and reduction of falling risks.
• Sit to stand: This is done by taking the sitting and standing position multiple times, 10 times advisably, then taking a break for a minute or so and repeating the exercise. With this exercise, the front thigh, the gluteal buttock muscles, and the quadriceps are being worked well on.

These are some exercises, a couch potato type of person can start with, to break away from the lifestyle. Consistency in these ones will birth progress in the quick development of other complementary lifestyles.